I am a film student studying in the Srishti school of Art, Design and Technology, Bangalore. I just completed my foundation year and had a two month long summer break and was looking around for internships where I could apply …
Last workshop but the journey continues
In the month of May, we conducted the concluding Peer Learning Workshop for partners of the Hummingbird Raise programme. Co-developing modules for action; sustaining impact; understanding the story that our data tell us; breaking our own gender stereotypes; and how …
IMT: A weeklong introspection on impact and the way ahead
Every 3 months, our team looks forward to the Intensive Mentor Training, a week of part-celebration, part-training. During this period, we assemble in office, put our critical thinking hats on and reflect on the last three months and our plans …
Public Events: Let’s talk about gender norms
Action Events are public gatherings which our graduates facilitate with an objective of raising awareness about gender norms and its impact on our lives; putting forward practical ways in which each individual can take the responsibility to make our communities …
Lighting up the path to gender equitable spaces
Our story begins one evening where Deep’s mother could not visit her neighbour two streets away. The reason? A dysfunctional street light.
Deep Majumdar is a 16 years boy from a remote village called Katri in North 24 Parganas, West …
How Sanoyara empowered herself and confronted the perpetrator
While the Action for Equality programme specifically targets adolescent boys, 15 year old Sanoyara is an exception. As this fierce girl’s story unfolds, you realize we need more such exceptions.
Sanoyara Darjee, is a 15 years old girl, from a …
United, we walk against child marriage
From being blissfully ignorant about gender inequality to taking a courageous stand against child marriage, here is Suman’s journey.
15 year old Suman Haldar lives in Kulpi, on the east coast of India in a village in South 24 Parganas, …
स्त्री-पुरुष समानता आणि मी
माझे नाव शिवराज. मी २१ वर्षांचा आहे व पुण्यामधील प्रेमनगर या वस्तीमध्ये राहात आहे. आपल्या देशातील इतर अनेकांप्रमाणेच मीही अश्या ठिकाणी रहातो, जेथे रस्त्यावरील लैंगिक हिंसा, घरांतर्गत होणारी हिंसा व बालविवाह ही लांबची बाब नव्हे तर डोळ्यांना दिसणारे रोजचेच …
All you need to know about this February’s Big Meet and Greet
26th of Feb, 2017: The journey between being passive spectators of violence and taking concrete action to actually stop it is an arduous one. How do you then motivate young men to take concrete actions when they witness violence and …
विधवा, सामाजिक परिस्तिथी आणि तुमची त्यातील भूमिका
वनिता, बसमध्ये ओळख झालेली एक मैत्रीण, एक शिक्षिका आहे. ऑफिसला जाताना रोज थोड्याफार गप्पा होतात तिच्याशी. रोज प्रसन्न चेहर्याने गुड मॉर्निंग करणारी वनिता आज मात्र काहीशी दुःखी दिसली. मी तिला कारण विचारलं तर म्हणाली, “आज संध्याकाळी माझ्या मैत्रिणीच्या घरी हळदी …